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Sigh of Relief

1.21.11

I have never been so happy to hear a medical professional tell my on the phone that my kids had “viral infections.” They DO NOT have mono! (insert sigh of relief here) I have never heard of a virus making a child sleep 20 hours a day. This one seriously took them out. But, they are improving. And, our Disney trip is not in jeopardy. (insert another sigh of relief here)

Of course, viral infection means that the rest of the family could get it yet…which would not be good. So, meet my new friend.

Who am I kidding though? Antibacterial hand stuff isn’t really going to help when I have a toddler who somehow climbs up on the sink and steals people’s toothbrushes, sneaks sips of water bottles even when I’ve tried to tell the kids to keep them hidden, and enjoys any other such germ-sharing tricks. Perhaps she’s got all sorts of immunities built up and will kick those germs to the curb. I’m praying that is so.

For now, I’m simply enjoying answered prayers already that the kids are on the mend, and I can keep preparing them for Disney World and reading our Disney books and doing all that Disney stuff I like to do (I’m presently somewhat addicted to fabric paint and being home with sick kids this week has given me too much time to feed my addiction…).

Thankful Ashlyn could get out of bed and be awake enough to watch a show while trying out an old double stroller I am thinking about bringing since I am not sure how the kids will do now with all the walking–they are watching Cinderella, of course. Evan’s out of bed too–though he wasn’t when I snapped this shot.

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Has it really been a year?

1.20.11

A year ago right about now, I was crying, heart broken that the baby girl I so wanted to be our Lydia may not be her. We prayed. We prayed specifically and fervently. And, the Lord answered our prayers and showed us that this little peanut who we had seen for the first time at 10pm the night before on January 18th, 2010 and had already started to fall in love with

was now this round, bundled peanut in an update we received on January 20th at 8:29pm. 

And, we knew she was going to be our girl. I danced around the dining room and couldn’t stop telling Mark, “We have a daughter…do you know that?” And, we named her Lydia Mei that night.

I had been thinking about yesterday night and today and tomorrow for some time, recognizing that the anniversary was coming up and wondering how to remember it in a significant way. All that went by the wayside, however, because we have been dealing with some seriously sick children. Evan and Ashlyn have been very sick since the weekend and had blood work today to confirm their doctor’s suspicion of mono. Mono. Not what a mommy wants to hear when she is practically already packing suitcases for our trip to Disney World in 9 days. The doctor tried to put me at ease and tell me that given their young ages, they could bounce back in only 7-10 days and be okay for the trip as long as we don’t push them too hard. Praying that they start to show some improvement by the weekend so that we don’t have to make any very hard decisions.

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